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Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount (or thereabouts) in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Next up is $700,000 in Boston’s South End.
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Southwest Corridor area
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Unit 2 at 234 West Newton Street is a garden-level condo running to 635 square feet and containing two bedrooms and one bathroom. The $710,000 tag includes a deeded parking space and washer-dryer. The HOA fee is $186.
Boston University Medical Campus area
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Now toward where the South End meets Roxbury and Unit 308 at 691 Massachusetts Avenue. The 902-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom is part of an eight-year-old development, and includes a private balcony and in-unit washer-dryer. The spread is asking $699,000, with an HOA fee of $444.75.
Near Shawmut and Massachusetts avenues
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There’s in-unit laundry too at Unit 7 at 600 Massachusetts Avenue. The 1,050-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bathroom is on the street level of the seven-unit building. The asking is $699,000, and the HOA is $136.50.
Along Columbus Avenue
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The 694-square-foot Unit 1 at 408 Columbus Avenue is part of a five-unit building. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom duplex was also recently renovated; and it’s now asking $699,000 with an HOA fee of $174.
Boston University Medical Campus area
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A gut-renovation produced the 765-square-foot penthouse at 55 East Springfield Street, a two-bedroom, one-bathroom duplex in a five-unit building. The spread, which includes a washer-dryer, is asking $679,000. The HOA fee is not available.
Poll
Which one would you buy?
This poll is closed
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10%
Unit 2 at 234 West Newton
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12%
Unit 308 at 691 Mass. Ave.
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40%
Unit 7 at 600 Mass. Ave.
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7%
Unit 1 at 408 Columbus
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30%
The penthouse at 55 East Springfield